Uma ngo-2007 batshela abakhiqizi be "U-Alvin no-Chipmunks" ukuthi ifilimu yakhe ibizoba ngomunye wemikhiqizo ephezulu kakhulu yonyaka, bebengeke bayikholwe. Kepha bekunjalo, kukhulise isamba semali esingama-217 million emakethe yase-US kanye ne-144 emhlabeni wonke. Futhi, ngonyaka owedlule ngokumelene nazo zonke izingqinamba, ukulandela u-Alvin no-Chipmunks kwasusa umhlaba: ama-217 e-US kanye nezigidi ezingama-219 emhlabeni wonke.
Ngalezi zibalo, akumangazi ukuthi abakhiqizi bazimisele ukwenza ingxenye yesithathu futhi, nakanjani, ku-3D ukuthola imali ethe xaxa. Futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, sebenosuku lokukhishwa olubekelwe uDisemba 16, 2011.